Eventually dubbed Black Sunday, the April 14 event wasn’t the first dust storm to blanket the plains. In fact, Dodge City had just lived through a string of smaller storms that left the streets ...

On April 14, 1935, the residents of Dodge City, Kansas, were relishing a rare respite from the dust storms that had raged for years. The morning air was still, the sun was shining against a field ...

The moving headlights of her husband’s truck, visible as he frantically drove back and forth along the road, eventually led her back The storm on Black Sunday was the last major dust storm of ...

The moving headlights of her husband’s truck, visible as he frantically drove back and forth along the road, eventually led her back The storm on Black Sunday was the last major dust storm of ...

specifically with the storm known as Black Sunday, on April 14, 1935.” As a direct result of the storm and of the Dust Bowl, Oklahoma became committed to soil conservation and natural resource ...

CLAYTON — On April 14, 1935, a wall of dust, hundreds of feet high, descended on farms and homes in the Great Plains. People drove as fast as they could to get away from the black clouds or ...